Industrial Engineer

Description
Looking for an Industrial Engineer to join their team. This is a defense technology company headquartered in Austin, TX, building autonomous surface vessels for the U.S. Navy and allied forces. The company entered production in February 2025 and is actively scaling its production capacity across multiple vessel programs. This role sits within the Manufacturing Engineering team under the Production umbrella and reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
to enhance manufacturing capacity and efficiency during a period of significant growth. This role is crucial for identifying and resolving production bottlenecks, optimizing facility layouts, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across an evolving factory environment. The ideal candidate thrives on the shop floor, translating strategic goals into tangible operational improvements. This is specifically not a supply chain, scheduling, or dashboarding role - candidates whose IE experience has been primarily desk or systems-based are not the right fit. This needs to be a production based
Key Responsibilities:
Analyze and optimize the overall capacity of the production system, ensuring line balance and efficient material flow between work centers
Design and manage all facility layouts using AutoCAD, accounting for footprint requirements, material flow, and workforce movement for current and future factory configurations
Conduct in-depth capacity analysis including takt time and cycle time studies, identify bottlenecks, and propose data-driven solutions to increase throughput
Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing processes and operational efficiency
Perform in-person time studies and actively engage on the production floor to gain firsthand understanding of processes and identify areas for improvement
Work cross-functionally with manufacturing engineers, facilities teams, and program teams to align production capabilities with strategic objectives and potential contract demands
Provide early-stage speculative capacity modeling - working with incomplete information to estimate space, people, and equipment requirements ahead of contract awards
Articulate problem-solving approaches and solutions clearly to manufacturing engineers for execution
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering strongly preferred; equivalent production-floor experience considered
Proven experience as an industrial engineer with a strong focus on direct production support and manufacturing line optimization - not solely supply chain, warehouse design, or scheduling
Proficiency in AutoCAD for facility layout design
Demonstrated ability to perform capacity analysis including takt time and cycle time
Experience identifying and resolving production bottlenecks through floor-level observation and intervention
Strong project management and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, operations, and facilities
Willingness and ability to spend significant time on the production floor conducting observations and time studies
3 to 10 years of relevant industrial engineering experience
US Person status required
Austin, TX on-site required
Preferred Qualifications:
Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma certification
Experience with process simulation software such as Simio or equivalent
Experience in industries with robust production-floor IE programs - semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or similarly complex manufacturing environments
Experience performing speculative capacity planning for future production scenarios with ambiguous inputs
Familiarity with NX or Teamcenter
Skills
Industrial engineering, capacity analysis, Data analysis, Process flow diagrams, Process mapping, Industrial, facility layout design, autocad, line balancing, continuous improvement, six sigma, simio, nx, teamcenter
Top Skills Details
Industrial engineering,capacity analysis,Data analysis,Process flow diagrams,Process mapping,Industrial,facility layout design,autocad,line balancing,continuous improvement
Additional Skills & Qualifications
This role is specifically not a supply chain, scheduling, or dashboarding role. Candidates who have spent their IE career in those functions - even at well-known companies - are not the right fit. The screening emphasis should be on whether the candidate has physically supported production processes, done floor-level time studies, and driven capacity improvements that resulted in measurable line changes.
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Austin, TX.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $60.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Austin,TX.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on May 1, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.